Any Cypherpunk there ?

[Mirimir]

On 06/26/2020 10:05 PM, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:54:01 +0000
> таракан <cryptoanalyzers at protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well I guess Cypherpunks aren't necessarily trying to destroy governments, there are plenty of organizations doing that very well... especially their own secret services.
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>> My understanding of Cypherpunks is - as per their Manifesto - that they are trying to build privacy in a world where privacy is becoming a crime.
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> 	https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html
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> 	..........................................................................
> 	Timothy C. May         | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,  
> 	tcmay at netcom.com       | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
> 	408-688-5409           | knowledge, reputations, information markets, 
> 	W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA  | black markets, collapse of governments.
> 	Higher Power: 2^756839 | PGP Public Key: by arrangement.

Yeah, that's a decent list. As I've understood it, however, "collapse of
governments" is the expected result, once the rest are effectively in
place. Eliminating a particular government through armed struggle has
typically led either to another government, or to a failed state. But if
you create the basis of functional anarchy, government is superfluous.

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